Aravind Padmaraju explains how to find your why by examining what happens if you don't act. A real why comes from burning desire, not external pressure. His framework: cultivate passion, build a clear vision, then take consistent action.
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Why? When you get a why, it has to be a burning desire. Why do you want it? You need to also show what is the worst can happen if you don't take action. What is the worst can happen if there is no action taken and you continue to do with the same job? What is going to happen? And then also it has to come from your own passion. So you are not doing just not only for that, right? The people, you're going to impact the people's life. There's only 3 steps. For you to get succeeded in this whole, uh, whatever you want to work on. Your passion is first thing, as a clear vision. Second thing is consistently take those actions. The third thing is never